Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (MS)
Beltangady, Apr 5: The Dharmasthala police have arrested five accused in connection with the theft of diesel worth Rs nine lac from a pipeline belonging to a petroleum company at Aladka in the Puduvettu village of the taluk.
The arrested individuals are identified as Dinesh Gowda (40) and Mohan (28), both residents of Puduvettu village; Jaya Suvarna (39), a resident of Nelyadi in Kaukradi village of Kadaba; Dinesh (40), residing in Harehalli in Belur taluk of Hassan; and Kartik (28), a resident of Kadaba village.
The accused were apprehended by the police on April 1 in Nelyadi. They were subsequently presented in court and remanded to four days of police custody. On April 4, they were produced again in the Beltangady court and were further remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.
Police seized a Maruti 800 car used in the crime, along with 100 litres of diesel, pipes, a drilling machine, a winding machine, and mobile phones from the suspects.
The operation involved CI Vasant Achar of the Beltangady police station, SI Anil Kumar of the Dharmasthala police station, Samarth R Ganigera, and other personnel.